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The Bene Israel of Bombay, Rebecca Reuben., Cambridge Eng., 1913

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  • Lot Number 48538
  • Title (English) The Bene Israel of Bombay
  • Note Only Edition - No copy major collections
  • Author Rebecca Reuben
  • City Cambridge Eng.
  • Publisher University Press
  • Publication Date 1913
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
  • Estimated Price - High 500

  • Item # 1469019
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Only edition. 20 pp. plus title wrappers, octavo, 225:145 mm., wide margins, light age staining, wrappers detached.
 
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The Bene Israel ("Sons of Israel", also the "Shanivar Teli" caste (Saturday Oil Presser caste) or "Native Jew Caste"), are a community of Jews in India. It has been suggested that it is made up of descendants of one of the disputed Lost Tribes and ancestors who had settled there centuries ago. In the 19th century, after the people were taught about normative (Ashkenazi/Sephardi) Judaism, they tended to migrate from villages in the Konkan area to the nearby cities, primarily Mumbai, but also to Pune, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata, India; and Karachi, in today's Pakistan. Many gained positions with the British colonial authority of the period.

In the early part of the twentieth century, many Bene Israel became active in the new film industry, as actresses and actors, producers and directors. After India gained its independence in 1947, and Israel was established in 1948, most Bene Israel emigrated to Israel, Canada and other Commonwealth countries and the United States.

Rebecca Reuben, 1889-1947: scholar, educationist, community leader. From the late nineteenth century onwards, Bene Israel girls from middle and upper-middle class families were well-educated, many attending university in India and then going on to England for further studies. Educator Rebecca Reuben became the first woman to rank first in the matriculation examination for Bombay University and then went on to study at the University of London and Cambridge University. She later became principal of the Bene Israel school in Bombay.

 

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